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On Vultures and Red Wings: Billionaire Gets New Sports Arena in Bankrupt Detroit 30 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
The headline juxtaposition boggles the mind. You have, on one day, Detroit Files Largest Municipal Bankruptcy in History. Then on the next, you have Detroit Plans to Pay For New Red Wings Hockey Ar...
Is the NFL Really Stupid Enough to Hire 'Gang Tattoo Experts' to Examine Players? 26 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Call it footballs worst idea since helmets without face guards and the ten-dollar beer.
Down Goes Ryan Braun... with an Assist from his Union 23 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Ryan Braun's suspension for the remainder of 2013 strongly signals thenew reality that pits the MLBPA and the owners against those on the field who are tainted by accusations of PED use.
"America's Justice System is Broken": Athletes Speak Out on Trayvon Martin 15 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
In the aftermath of the shock/gutpunch/depressingly expected verdict that set Trayvon Martin's killer George Zimmerman free, athletes are speaking out.
The Slandering of NY Jet Oday Aboushi 15 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Why would Yahoo! Sports publish a piece that accuses an NFL player of anti-Semitism without one solitary quote or piece of actual evidence. This is worse than your typical keep your politics out of m...
Look Out Fans! NFL Players Gonna Get Your Mama! 1 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Put together crime hysteria and the NFL and we have what can only be described as a cultural nocturnal emission.
In Brazil, Listen for the Ghosts of Mexico City 20 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
One has to hearken back to 1968 in Mexico City, when thousands of students and workers marched against the Olympics, to find a sports-related demonstration that compares to the size and militancy of t...
Mass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil 18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
I traveled to Brazil last September to investigate preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It was painfully evident that the social disruption of hosting two mega-events in rapid succes...
The Ring and the Rings: Vladimir Putin's Mafia Olympics 18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
The sports press is agog this weekend with the revelation by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft that in 2005, Russian leader Vladimir Putin stole his Super Bowl ring. One small theft is the sport...
Ultra-Magnetic FCs: The Soccer Clubs at the Heart of Turkey's Uprising 12 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Turkey and Egypt are of course two very different countries with different leaders, different political systems and different histories. But the revolt of the highly intense, usually apolitical ultra...